diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index bd58626868be..719e31a67993 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -8750,6 +8750,13 @@ static int need_active_balance(struct lb_env *env)
 	if (voluntary_active_balance(env))
 		return 1;
 
+	if ((capacity_of(env->src_cpu) < capacity_of(env->dst_cpu)) &&
+				env->src_rq->cfs.h_nr_running == 1 &&
+				cpu_overutilized(env->src_cpu) &&
+				!cpu_overutilized(env->dst_cpu)) {
+		return 1;
+	}
+
 	return unlikely(sd->nr_balance_failed > sd->cache_nice_tries+2);
 }